THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1936.
VON CRAMM MAY TOUR
Gordon Lum Says It Is
Clubhouse - Chatter
By "Veritas"
Kho Sin-Kie Is Fast Becoming First- Flight Tennis Player
COLONY SWIMMERS GET INTO
INTENSIVE TRAINING
WHILE it is true that the per-
antong
formances of China's repre- sentatives at the World Olympics were hardly of a type to cause the reat of the world to grow green with envy, she enn point to one of her sportsmen, still in Europe, who is fast gaining for himself distinctly creditable reputation
international tennial players. Kho Sin-kie, learning his lessons quickly, and intelligently! has, during the summer, advanced from the position of being merely a Chinese Davis Cup player doom-i ed to defeat, to one capable of offering opposition to some of the best talent in Europe. One notes with satisfaction the decided pro- press he has made in the course of three or four months. What is mora important however, is the rich Benefits a layer of promise can obtain from the experience of meeting some of the world's finest exponents. Kho, if his recenti displays are any criterion, has ab-i viously Improved his game by 15 during the last few months. In addition to successes
minor making a better showing than English tournaments (and not heretofore. With the World Olym- forgetting his magnificent, first-ple performances as an inspira- round effort at Wimbledon), Kho tion, our swimmera should be Culony has won through to a couple of able to set.severni new national championship finals, record marks next month. losing in both instances to Stefani, the achievements have been recorded! during this last week, Ife bent i G. P. Hughes in the singles, and SOME confusion appears to exist
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Hongkong Will Have Useful Interport Team
NOMINATING THE CRICKETERS
By "Veritas")
I have received an official
THE ORIENT WITH PERRY
Almost A Certain
Our Daily Golf Hint
One of the chief reasons for failure in mashic play with a great number of golfers is quitting on the stroke. Don't try to ease up on the shot. -Giene Sarazen.
Perry's Challenge For Title:
U.S. TENNIS INVASION
WILL STAY IN HONGKONG FOR ONE DAY
Suggested Visit Be Made In March
Not only is it certain that Shanghai will entertain Fred Perry, the world's No. 1 tennis player, next year, but it is almost as certain that the Wimbledon star will be accompanied here by Gottfried Von Cramm, No. 2 ranking player of the world and Germany's strongest bid for the crown when Perry relinquishes it, writes. C. W. Tombs in the Shanghai Times. There is only one "it" attached to; the prospects of Perry's visit. Whe should turn professional between now and March he will not be able to thecome, as he would Immediately be Fred J. Perry of England,
booked to appear against Ellsworth world's No. 1 tennis player three-time Wimbledon champion, Vines in a series in America.
This "f" however, is so fantastic has entered The National Cham-
Sept-that it may be forgotten, for every Plonships at Forest Hills ember, The Unlied States Lawn possible effort is being made by the Tennis Association has announced. English Lawn Tennis Association to Induce Perey to remain amateur and
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New York.
and
HONGKONG TO HAVE FLOODLIT LAWN BOWLS
(By "Veritas")
Floodlit lawn bowla is tho latest innovation among the many and varied sports activities of Hongkong.
Hongkong Electric Lawn Bowls Club is responsible for introducing the idea and It will be given an official try-out, on Thursday of this werk.
Experiments have gone to prov and that while there is a proper ac- that the scheme is quite practical, rangement of lights, it is possible to enjoy lawn bowls at night just as much. not more, than by daylight.
It is proposed to play matches with Thursday night, while as an alter rinks from other Colony clubs evėry
native to those who are not playing bowls, the floodlit swimming pool I will be thrown open for use.
March, spend a day each in Hong- kong and Canton, then come to Shanzbal, where Fred will be seen In action on two days. After that,
ax Ferry has expressed a strong interest, and Ming Yuen promises to desire to see the ancient capital, be one of the Colony's leading sports we will go to Nanking. Tientsin and social centres. and Peiping, in each of which ellies the party will give at least one ex- hibition. possibly against local tennis stars.
fawn bowl enthusiasts will view.
the
kcencat this experiment with
"Until we have the exact dates,
of course, we can only give a rough per-it is considered very unlikely that the champion will succumb to the tempt- Ing offers made by American pro- moters.
Perry will attempt to galu mareni possession of the American Titolar Trophy. The tall, debonnaire British Davis Cup ace already ins two legs on the trophy by virtue of his victories in 1933 and 1934.
Perry is favoured to wrest the title from Wilmer Allison of Texas, who beat Perry of Forest Hills Inst year. However, Fred doubtless will meet i with stiff opposition from big blond Baron Gottfried Von Cramm of Germany, who niso is entered in the an-tourney.
This was the information which Cordon Lam brought back with him to Shanghai to confirm the report published exclusively in The Shaup- hat Times a month ago that Fred Perry and his wife, the former Helen Vinson of screen fame, had accepted an invitation to visit China In the spring.
"GLAD TO COME"
nouncement from Mr. A. K. Mac- Two other German Davis cup! Lum, looking extremely 1 anter
outline of the tour, and it is too far ot yet to say who will meet the champion in Shanghai. Van Cramin comes also, then his inclu sion will make a lot of difference in
"And let me tell you, Fred Perry the selection of opponents, can give 15 a game to any other man who played at
Wimbledon
DOLLARS
kenzie. hon. secretary, Hongkong players also have entered: Heiner his tour of England and Europe. FOR U.S.
Cricket Club concerning the players Henkel and Kay Lund, as well as returned so far nominated as possible members the German Fraulein Marie Louise his wife
Horn. of the Interport cricket team to visli Shanghai.
The list is substantially the same ay that which appeared in the first edition of to-day's Telegraph, al-
though it is now revealed that no 11.K.C.C. players' nomes have yet
to
with Shanghai by the Conte Verdi. "Perry?" I demanded of him soon as it was decent to call a stop to the mutual back-scrutching busi-
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Meanwhile 'America's tup-fight players have returned from European ness. tourneys and are preparing for the "Fred Perry told me he would be championships, Members of The Men's
glad to come to Shanghal, and ask- Davis Cup
Women's ed me to arrange a tour of China and
I for him." Lum replied. "And so
Just ke ||8824899100231green | DETAIL FESTA DELS CONTment arranging the tour."
that.
been put forward, neither has the Run Out After Being
'Not Out'!
relection committee received the names of J. E. Richardsón (C.S.C.C.) E. J. R. Mitchell (ILK.C.C.) or Capt. J. L. Which (Army).
At the moment 18 nomes have been
A. T. Lee, E. Zimmern and F. K. Zimmern (Craigengower Cricket) Club)
E. L. Gosano (University C.C.) Col, E.-St, G. Kirke, D.5.0., Lieut. C. C. Garthwaite, Lleui, J. F. WII- liams, Lieut. D. M. C. Frichard and Capt. D. W. Persee (Army)
W. 11. Colledge (C:8,0.C.)
A. H. Madar. A. R. Minu, F. D. Pereira and K. Nazarla (LIC))
R. Lee, N. A. E. Mackay. E. F.
Last over thrill to Rugby's first Innings ngainst Marlborongh nt Lord's recently,
Inglis came in; stopped Graham hat trick. Four runs later he drove Grahnm hard tu mid-off. Looked a splendid catch before the ball dropped from the Belder's grasp.
All the players began to walk off. Umpire at the bowler's end stond firm. An appeal-Net
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Ball was thrown to the wicket- He won the race back keeper, to the stars and threw down
Inglis was out?. the wicket.
Flucher and W. C. Hune (Kowloon Wightman Cup teams doubtless will seeded in the
Cricket Club)
be among the upper championships,
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Lum "Oh! By the way returned to the subject after: a brief diversion on the subject of Adrian the Quisl's performance arainst the champion in the Davis Cup-that Australian boy is a coming cham- pion for sureThere's a eliance that Von Cranim will
tu come Shanghai with Fred. We asked him to, and Cramm said he would be delighted to make the trip if he could find the time.
it is pretty certain that he will come. He's a very nice chap, and one of the most splendid tennis players I've ever seen."
Gordon Lum continued. "I asked Fred Perry not to come before the middle of March in order to avoid both the cold and the excessive hout, and he agreed, so I am arranging a schedule for him on that busis."
ONE DAY IN HONGKONG
"Of course he agreed to play!"
RACEHORSE OWNERS
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Los Angeles.
KHO AGAIN LOSES TO STEFANI
In 5-Set Tennis Match
Lucerne, Aug. 30. Kho Sin-kie, China's leading tennis player, made a big, but uncessessful effort to-day to win the Swiss national' tennis championship when in the final. round he carried G. de Stefani, the ambidextrous Italian Davis Cupper to five sets before losing.
This is the second time during the The biggest pot of gold ever last two months that Kho and Ste- offered horse track men--three fant have met in the final of a quarters of a million dollars for tienal tennia
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championship.
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13 racing days-wil awall Noordwijk July they contested the America's turttuen when they Netherlands championship when the arrive in Santa Anita to improve italian won in straight sets of 6-1, the breed this winter.
6-3, 6-1.
A string ut 17 feature events, ex- clusive of the daily programme and opped by the world's richest stake Santu $100,000 added race-The Anita
into odienp--will pour $225,000
Day
This time Kho played very much better and all but won his first foreign national singles title.
satia- Klo, however, enjoyed the faction of winning the doubles title. Playing with Stefaal, the Sino-Italian combination-beat G. P. Hughes and D. W. Butler, two very prominent English players in the final by 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 3-5, 6-2.-Reuter.
AMERICAN TITLES
OLD RIVAL TO MEET AGAIN IN MEN'S DOUBLES
bank accounts during the third meeting of the Arcadia plant, the Turf
Club
has announced. The largest chunk of dirt
Pay added to a single event was placed on the annual Wa
Washington
derby boosting it from $25,000 to $50,000 to develop ຄ. western "Little Ken- tucky Derby" as the outstanding test of Louisville candidates. The derby,
over a mile and a sixteenth route Is to my question. "There was ever
every Lum replied with some astonishment mited to three year olds and run
expected to draw almost
New York, Aug, 29. any question about that. In fact, youngster who will run in the Blue The semi-finals of the Men's ond Yon Crumm comes with him, he will Grass classic.
Women's Doubles tennis champion-. The practice nets will go up on Alice Marble of San Francisco has probably return to England via India handicap for three-year-olds
not only play in China, bul will
Two new races, a $10,000 added alips now in progress at Chestnut September 7, and it is hoped that a returned to the courts after use
over, Mass., were played off to-riny. and a Juvenile match will be arranged for September than a year's absence because of ill-and the two stars will play over the derby streich,
there, too. If this arrangement is
championship for two year olds at In the first semi-final match of the 12. No decision has yet been reach-ness to challenge for the women's antisfactory, I and another Chinese three furlongs, are included in the men's section, Wilmer Allison and ed concerning the captaincy. No title, held for four years by Helen player will most likely accompany two month programine,
John Van Hyn defeated Bobby Riggs Jacobs of Berkeley, Calif. and Mrs the two Wimbledon players
and give names have at the moment been sub-Helen Wille Moody of San Francisco exhibitions with their in India. mitted from the I.K.C.C., but it is will again be in competition. Sae
Day and end Maren Christmas and Wayne Sabin by 7-5, 6-1 and
6, with the plant -3. "According to present arrang~- closed on Mondays. In addition to In the other match. Donald Budge expected that three or four will be did not enter the tourney in 1933--
ments for Mr. and Mrs. Perry, they United Press.
will arrive in the South about nili- sent in during the next few days.
new races and the two nig-money and Gene Malto defeated Frank Par- contents, three $10,000 purses will beter and Gregory Slangin by 6-3, 7-5, - (offered, one at $7,500, and three at and 8-3,
55,000 and six at $1,500,
concerning the fixture list this is very significant as diughes which China's Olymple football is sald to be at his best in the team has with English clubs. singles same when playing on the Some time ago a Reuter message hard courts of Europe and the announced that China would play Riviera. Not only that, but
the Arsenal at Highbury on Sept- has helped Stefanl to beat Hughes ember 16. Subsequently it and D. W. Butler, a combination noted in a London-newspaper that submitted,-and-they-are-as-follows. of international standard. In the China would not play an Arsenal final of the Swiss championship team, but would, on September These achievements bring close a summer of active tennis. 16, meet Islington Corinthians at the famous Highbury, enclosure. Kho has not won any major singles title, but there is no gain-Now comes a further message that saying that he has made tremendous this match is being played to-day. improvement and that, given fur-It is curious, and regrettable, that yet we, in Hongkong, who with other ther opportunities, he may become a first-flight player in the parts of China, have more interest in the doings of Chinn's football- field of international tennis,
era during their visit to England Colony Swimming than anyone else, should be left.)
ignorant as to the true state of com affairs. This part of the world pus season's organised
petitive swimming is only just has been all agog since it was beginning to get into full swing. announced that our footballers (1 There have been monthly galas think we have the right to use at the European Y.M.C.A., and the personal prunouu) were to somewhat spa-modle eventa play the Arsenal, and speculation among the Chinese aquatic clubs, has been rife, among football the V.R.C., and the Military. But enthusiasts concerning the pris the Colony's leading swimmers pects. Now, thanks to an innile- have some very full days ubend of !quate service of information from them. Practically everyone has ¦ England, we are left high and dry, his or her eyes
on the Colony not quite certain whether our championships which will by com-animated discussions have been peted for between September lo so much waste of time. Incident- and 19, A big nyderlying motivejally I cannot tell you anything behind the various aqpatie golas about Islington Corinthians, muel staged up to the present has been, as I would like to. Certainly the to discover Hikely dolent, thelab does not compete in any of aive the Colony's premier win the niore important London niers useful practice tog the mere | amateur leagura Fuch as the important events next month. London League, Spartan Lengne. Thus this week we have a swim-tethmian League or Athenlan ming meet between the Victoria League. Neither do records show creation Culi and Army repre; it to be a competitor in the 'ventatives; On September and Southern Amateur League or any 10 there are the ilongkong Ares of the more impartant computi- aquaties which will act as a guide ions such as the Southern League in the selection of the military ur London Combination. One pre- ropresentatives for the Colony times then that Islington Corin- tities; The European Y.M.C.A. have two gains during next month trians take part in football of a standard very similar to the senior
|Cricket Champions
and it has already been intimat-division in Hongkong. If this be ed that the "Y" will enter com- so we can look forward to-morrow petitors for the Colony clumplon- alips. Everything. in fact, to hearing that the Chinese have. leading up to this culminastur won, their first football match in
England. avent, and it seems that competi- tion this year will be keener than ever before. Wiltrlik Lawrene. Colony champion, is still on the sick list, but there is little doubt | QIXTY-TWO years ago Dorby- that he will be fighting fit. 10, de... shire won the county cricket fend his title next months and that championship for the first time. it will need a very good man in- Since then Yorkshire, Lancashire,' deed to usurp him as the Colony's Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Middle. No. 1 swimmer. Lawrence's chief | sex and Kent have dominated the
Art-class cricket opposition in expected to come field of
in from his club colleagues of the England, and with the exception V.R.C.. but one must not ignore of Gloucestershire (in 1876 and the Army talent, while the "Ghi 1877) and Warwickshire (1911) tesa bathing clubs have gong out have shared the coveted title. of their way to encourage their Now Derbyshire has won the elam- best eviminers in the hopes of i (Continued on Puge 9.)
THREE K.C.C.
PLAYERS
-NOMINATED FOR INTERPORT
F, F. Fincher, N. A. E. Mackay and Robla Leo of the Kowloon Cricket Club, who have been nominated for the cricket Interpart against Shanghai.' -Son this page for: story.
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beating Madame fierrotin and The daily programine will include Mrs. Andrus by B-6, 6-4, Mils: Caro- paying $1,000, wo at line Dahcock and Mrs. Van In $100 and one $1,500 main event, aided to meet Miss Helen Jacobs One race each day will be restricted and Mrs, Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, the to California-bred entries.
holde in the final of the Wonton's The Turf Club will build new! Double--United Press.
barns, a hospital, atw jockey quar-
iters and minor additions to the truck!
A thorough "benuty treatment" will j·
FINALS POSTPONED
New York, Aug. 30.
be applied to the pale green - stucco The finals of both the doubles at clubhouse, grandstand and other Ax- Chestnut
(Continned on Page 9.)
were postponed" to-
day on account of rain-United Press.
INVASION OF AMERICA BY
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXERS
New York. made them appear to be of very high. The United States is momentarily enlibre.
The huge Polish nghter, Leon expecting anotlier invasion by foreign boxers. Heavyweights Arturo Godoy Ketchell Is bigger than Primo of the Argentine and Eduardo Primo Carnera but has yet to fight in this of Spain and lightweights Savarlo country. Much of the publicly that Turiello, Italy, and Primo Rubin, Ketchell has received has been more Spain, are expected kere soon. because of his size rather thori his
Godoy recently broke the come-ghting ability. It is expected that back dream of Louis Angel Firpo, many people will watch closely the und
holds a
decision over the clever, hugo Polish fighter, just as they did boxer. Tommy Loughran.
Turiella is
Carnera,
un sugressive fighter. This Invasion of foreign fightere He drew with Pedro Montanez and maintains the contentious of sports fought four draws with Cleto writers that the defeat of Louis by Locatelli when the Intter was at his Schmeling would not mean
ade- height,
creang in the popularity of, boxing, Little is known here about Kublu but rather a revival of interest and Primo, but advance reports have, United Press..
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